Forum: Sigil
01-05-2018, 12:23 PM
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Forum: Sigil
12-07-2017, 09:52 PM
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turns out osx has a handy option cmd drag...
turns out osx has a handy option cmd drag ecancrusher from applications to the finder sidebar. you need the cmd to allow apps there. drag across an epub its unpacked drag the folder its packed. Might...
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Forum: Sigil
12-07-2017, 01:10 AM
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Forum: Sigil
12-06-2017, 06:22 PM
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What preview can't do is go behind the main...
What preview can't do is go behind the main application window, what it also cant do is be moved to a virtual desktop away from the main application.
At least not on a Mac, it is a problem to have...
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Forum: Sigil
12-06-2017, 12:33 PM
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Replies: 27
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I love sigil but the interface can be a little...
I love sigil but the interface can be a little cramped it's quite tricky to work with on large document viewports. The chrome browser canvas can be resized put on another desktop. It can be hard to...
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Forum: Sigil
12-06-2017, 11:04 AM
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Replies: 27
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opening and saving unzipped epub files in Sigil
In my other thread span span span
I talked about using brackets a cross platform text editor for web design for working with epub files it's really nice feature is that it opens a page in chrome...
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Forum: Sigil
12-06-2017, 10:43 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 5,944
Re: Brackets
Brackets is a text editor aimed at web design and is fully cross platform and free.
https://github.com/adobe/brackets/releases
epub3 format isn't quite the same as html5 largely down to the...
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Forum: Sigil
12-04-2017, 04:20 PM
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Replies: 31
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I'm not the quote i found using calibre just...
I'm not the quote i found using calibre just pretty much showed how to use the regular expressions. Indesign spans, calibre spans , I don't like spans.
Sigil and spans that hasn't got much span...
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Forum: Sigil
12-04-2017, 03:53 AM
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Replies: 31
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It's not near as bad as you think :)
And...
It's not near as bad as you think :)
And earlier I found this page.
https://ebooks.stackexchange.com/questions/132/are-there-any-wysiwyg-editors-for-epub-books
Something I had never...
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Forum: Sigil
12-03-2017, 09:23 PM
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Replies: 31
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Pages as a source.
No don't laugh it has got...
Pages as a source.
No don't laugh it has got better, I was able to make a short fixed layout epub that looked good in adobe digital editions and ibooks. Text was written in lines i just created...
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Forum: Sigil
12-03-2017, 02:37 PM
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Replies: 31
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I gave Vellum a try out,
It has a limited...
I gave Vellum a try out,
It has a limited number of styles for different things, It doesn't have a style for endnotes and doesn't attempt hard things like centring text on a page (not centering...
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Forum: Sigil
12-02-2017, 07:24 PM
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Replies: 31
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Forum: Sigil
12-02-2017, 02:26 AM
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Replies: 31
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I will take look at Scrivener, the interactive...
I will take look at Scrivener, the interactive tutorial compiled quite well, it managed to keep images on a single page. With no obvious problems. Still not beautiful.
Maybe epub is a conspiracy...
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Forum: Sigil
12-01-2017, 10:48 AM
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Replies: 31
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Forum: Sigil
11-30-2017, 02:19 AM
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Replies: 31
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Now rumor has it that the latest version of...
Now rumor has it that the latest version of indesign actually gives a bit more control over the epub export. unfortunately I need a Windows VM to test it in.
I might give sierra an external...
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Forum: Sigil
11-30-2017, 02:06 AM
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Replies: 31
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Forum: Sigil
11-29-2017, 02:52 PM
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Replies: 31
Views: 5,944
Span Span Span Sigil cleaning up indesign
Hi
I'm looking at creating graphically heavy fixed layout epub3
Indesign makes a good looking set of pages on the surface but behind the surface is some horrible looking code.
Every word in...
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Forum: Sigil
04-29-2017, 09:48 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 1,810
where to download this version?
The current release page is saying march 21st but this version is april 10th is the march version really the april version?
I'm a little confused here.
thank you.
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Forum: ePub
04-15-2017, 10:48 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,704
You did better than me all i could find was...
You did better than me all i could find was references to the standard codes to be used but not a single why. Just a every document needs a language specified
actually identifier, language and...
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Forum: ePub
04-15-2017, 02:55 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,704
Well I'm redoing a book for a friend which was...
Well I'm redoing a book for a friend which was published as a fixed layout epub3 and a pdf version. For the meta data for the book I lifted it straight from the fixed layout version, which as far as...
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Forum: ePub
04-15-2017, 07:30 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,704
ibooks the reverse is true
I earlier moved arabic from the first language to the last which solved the issue for ade but importing into ibooks the the layout is right to left with arabic being placed last
for me the...
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Forum: ePub
04-08-2017, 10:37 AM
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Replies: 0
Views: 987
Readers to target
Hi the bulk of the work of my epub3 book is done but i'm finding quite different results in different readers. It has a lot of photographs.
The nicest reader seems to be google play books, which...
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Forum: Sigil
03-24-2017, 04:40 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 9,641
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Forum: Sigil
03-24-2017, 12:43 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 9,641
It broke
I managed to get a fair way through the build but cmake failed
CMake Warning at src/CMakeLists.txt:65 (find_package):
Found package configuration file:
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Forum: ePub
03-24-2017, 07:16 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 3,704
I think you may well be right, I am redoing an...
I think you may well be right, I am redoing an ebook for a friend and I added the same meta data as the original and ade started doing the reverse pages spread and yes arabic is the first language...
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